Perpendicular and horizontal adding machine.



G. E. W. GARDNER. PEBPENDIGULAB AND HORIZONTAL ADDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1908. 960,634. Patentpd June '7, 1910.

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CLYDE E. W. GA RDNER, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO PIKE ADDING i -MACHI NE COMPANY/OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PERPENDICULAR AND HORIZONTAL ADDING- MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June '7, 1910.

Application filed May 1c, 1908. Serial mi. 433,295.

' whereby to impart either of said movements at will to the platen, and to turn it one step automatically at the end of each longitudinal traverse of the' platen, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure lis a side elevation of a Bike adding machine provided with my improvement; Fig. l is a detached view of one of the connections; Fig; 2 is a longitudinal section showing part of the devices ofsaid ma-' chinewhich more immediately coact with those of my improvement; Flg. 3 1s a rear elevation part of the frame being broken away; Fig. 4. is a plan viewof Fig. 3.; Fig.

5 isa transverse section on the line 5, Fig.

3; Fig. 6 is a similar section showing :the partsln a diifc'rentposition; Fig. 7 1s a transverse section on the line I, Fig. 3; Fig. a8 a View illustrating parts which operate in ';connection with the rotation .of the platen; .Fig. 9 isa diagrammatic view illustrating the effect of the two different movements of ,the platens r While my invention is applicable to adding and recording machmesof different constructions, for'1llnstrationjI' have shown it ,in connectiomwith an adding and reording illustrated is one in which the parts are op erated, in adding, by means ofa hand-manipulated handle, 1, instead of being power driven as in said Letters Patent.

The said apparatus, is generally characterized' by a frame A supporting a keyboard B upon which are series of'ten numeral keys nine of which are indicated by the numerals 1 to 9 and theother a restoring key, and the depression of the said nine vkeys define the reciprocating movements of the blades 40a, which in turn determine the position of the recording devices which are capable of printing items consistmg each of a plurality of figures, that is extent of oscillation of type carriers 403 carrying numeral types 490, and the type or osition is driven against the paper upon t e platen 880 by means of hammers 501, and the extent of movement oflthe blades and type carriers in setting thelatter to rinting position determines the extent 0 rotation of adder wheels 303, each of which carries a pinion 385 that may gear with a rack 405 carried by the adjacent blade 404. The pinions and adder-wheels are carried by a frame D which may at proper intervals be swung up and down to bring the pinions into and out of gear to recorda total or sub-total, or to carry the wheels-to zero in a manner which it is unnecessary to. describe in detail as such details constitute no part of the present .in-

-vention'.

The frame A has a channel guide 890 in which slides a .carriage I supporting the platen 880, and the longitudinal movement of this carriage with the platen, step-bystep to a uniform extent after printing each item, as the impressions are made by the type, serves to record said impressions across the paper while the step-by-step rotation of the platen when it occurs constitutes the means of making the record insuccessive parallel lines or in columns. i

In orderthat either of these movements of the platen'inay be effected at will, I 0perate the platen automatically both longik tudinally and rotatably vfrom some moving member of thea paratus as, for instance, from a shaft 5 which is rocked from the handle 1 through the medium of anarm 3 u on a shaft 2, to which handle is connecte a connecting rod 4, and a lever 6 (dotted lines Fig. l) secured to the shaft 5 and to which the rear end of the connecting rod 4: is pivoted at 3 The longitudinal movement of the .pZatca.-This movement is effected from the shaft 5 as follows: The carriage supports at the rear a bar K'having a series of notches m (uniformly s aced according to the greatest numloer of gures which may be required inany one item) and with these notches may engage the beveled end of a dog 8 pivoted already printed, an

to a reciprocating slide 9, sliding upon pins 10 extending into the frame, a spring 12 tending to carry the end of the dog intoengagement with the bar, but the bevel of the lip upon the dog causing the latter to swlng downward out of the notch when the slide 9 moves in the direction of its arrow Fig; 3. The slide is drawn in a contrary. direction by a spring 13, but iscarried in the direct on of its arrow b a swinging arm 34 WhlCh 1S reciprocated rom the shaft 5 through the medium of to gles 14 centrally connected to a link 15 W 10h is pivoted to an arm 16 extending from the shaft 5. Therefore as the shaft 5 rocks in one direction the toggles 14 are brought into line, the arm 34 is swung toward a'pin 18 on the slide 9, and the latter is moved in the direction of its arrow, the pawl 8 swinging downward. When the shaft 5 rocks in the opposite direction the toggle is broken and the spring 13. carries the slide 9 to the right of Fig. 3, and the lip of the dog which has entered one of the notches of the bar K so engages the latter that the carriage L is carried with the slide.

It will be understood that in the class of machines described all of the plurality of figures that are contained in any one item. at one operation and the distance between the notches a: should therefore be uniform,

and as great as the greatest number of fi ures that are contained in any one item. This is a matter of proportion WhlCll is determined in the construction of the machine accordin to its requirements in this res ect. The fee therefore secured by the a ove described I means platen at each operation to a position to permit the printin of a new item of the de sired number of res, in line with that d generally with an intervening space, Fig. 9 illustrating in horizontal line a series of items of such a character where there are three figures in each item.

It will be seen that this feeding action takes. place at each movement of the handle 1 and of the operating shaft to which the handle is connected, and it will of course be understood that this operating shaft may be actuated from a motor where required.

(Jo-lama printing stances it is desired to print the items successively one above the other in columns, and in order to effect the necessary operation of the platen in such cases when 1t is moved rotatably step-by-step, and is not moved longitudinally, platen means operated part of the machine to automatically impart the necessaryfeed to the platen. Thus, as shown in Fig. 1, the platen carries a ratchet 52 with which engages a pawl 51 carried I combine with the toward thematchet by a spring and pivoted is sufiicient to carry the means.-In many in-' from some moving to an arm 55 on a shaft 50 This shaft 50, asshown in Figs.

.5 and 8, carries an arm 25 which is splined to slide on and rock with the shaft and has a lateral pin 2% which is held against an arm 23 on the rock shaft 22 by means of a spring 55 connected with the arm 55, see Fig. 8. The shaft 22 also carries an arm 21, Figs. 2, '3 and 8, connected by a' link 20 to an arm 19 on the shaft 5. As a result of this connection the rocking of the shaft 5 oscillates shaft 22 and the arm 23 and, through the arm 25, the shaft 50, its arm 55 and pawl 51, moving the ratchet 52 rotatably one step'at each return operation 'of the operating shaft, thereby carrying the paper backward instead of laterally, such a distance that the items printed thereon appear in column oneabove the other instead of in line laterally,- as shown in F ig'. 9.

When the recording of-items in column is required the platen should of course he at rest as regards longitudinal movement and I therefore make use of suitable means for holding the carriage in such case. Such means consists of a detent 30, Figs. 3 and 6, which is pivoted to .a cross-shaft 31 upon the frame and which may becarried by hand up into a notch 32 of the slide 9 after the latter is carried away from the side frame so as to distend the spring 13, and thereafter no movement can beimparted to the slide by the swinging of the arm 34, and the carriage will remain at rest.

During each forward movement of the handle a latch 49,- pivoted to the frame, locks the carriage, the nose of the latch entering one of the notches in the bar K, under the action of a heavy spring 54". Upon the shaft 22 is an arm 57 from which extends a pin 80, and when the shaft is rocked forward this pin contacts with one arm on the bell crank 53 until it escapes therefrom, when a spring 54 will swing the bell crank until its other arm makes contact with the pin 81. On. the back swing of the shaft -22 the -pin 8l, making contact with the pendentarm of the bell crank, acts with a camming efiect u on the latter and lifts the tail of the latch 49 to carry its nose out of the notch and release the bar K, permitting the movement of the carriage by its spring 13.

Rotating the platen aut0matz'caZZy.In some cases the lines of items printed successively onthe longitudinal movement of the platen are of'uniform length and it is therefore of advantage, after the last item is "printed in any line, to rot-ate the platen automaticallyone ste prior to being can ried or as it is carrie into position to start another line. This may be effected, in connection with the means before described, by a stop N which is secured, preferably ad- ]usta ly, by a screw 40, to the bar K m the! positionshown in Fig. 3. An arm 41 pivoted to the frame has a notch at the inner end which normally receives the pin 24, Fig. 5, and which then prevents any swinging ofthe shaft 50'and its attachment. It is therefore necessary in printing in columns to lift. the forward end of this arm 41 and hold it up while such printing takes place, this being effected by depressing the outer end by hand and then carrying a catch 47 pivoted to'the back of the frame Fig. 1 into the position shown in Fig. 6 to hold the said outer end down. When however in printing line-by-line across the whole width of the paper, the arm 41 is released from the detent or catch 47 and the vertical feed of the paperis then and thus arrested. After the last item is printed on any one line, the lower beveled edge of the stop N, on the return movement of the carrier making contact with the projecting end of the cross-arm 41, depresses the latter and releases the pin 24 and thereafter when the machine is o erated to swing the arm 28 the latter wil bear upon the pin '24 and rock the shaft 50, thus turning the platen rotatively one step. As the carriage then goes back the sto N moves away from the cross-arm 41 an the latter swings "to the osition shown in Fig. 5, preventing anyurther rocking-of the shaft 50 or rotation of the platen.

Whenever 1t is required to shift the carria e by hand a lever'R connected with the roc in plate K can be-drawn forward when the sai plate will be swung back away from to any position required.

Without limiting myself to the-use of the particular appliances set forth, I claim as my invention:

1. In an adding machine the combination its detents and the carriage can be shiftedof a series of type carriers arranged to print items consisting of a plurality of figures, a platen, means for automatically carrying theplaten longitudinally one step after printin each item, and means whereby the platen 1s rotated one step as an'incident to the carria e reachin a defined position in its longitudlnal travel.

2. In an adding machine the combination with movable type carriers arranged to print items consisting of a plurality of figures,

and with a sliding carriage and rotating platen carried thereby, of means for feeding the carriage longitudinally one step after printing each item, and means whereby the platen is rotated one step as an incident to the carriage reaching a defined position in its longitudinal travel.

3. The combination in an adding machine of a carriage supported to slide transversely, a notched bar connected with the carriage, a reciprocating slide, a dog pivoted thereto to engage the notches of the bar, and means for reciprocating the slide and devices whereby the slide may be locked in an inoperative position.

4. The combination with the frame, sliding carriage and laten of an adding machine, means for imparting a step-by-step longitudinal motion to the carriage, means for imparting a step-by-step rotation to the platen, and a stop connected adjustably with the carriage and operative to cause the platen rotating means to act afterthe termination of eachcomplete longitudinal movement of thecarriage.

5. The combination with the recording devices of an addin machine, including a ban dle, and means or moving the carriage on said platen, ofan operating shaft, a detent holding the carriage, means for shifting the detent on the return movement of the handle, and means for moving the carriage on shifting the detent.

6. The combination, in an adding ma chine, of a series of type carriers, means for adjusting the carriers into vposition to print items each consisting of a plurality of figures, a platen, a carriage therefor, means for automatically carrying the platen longitudinally uniform distances, whereb a series of items may be printed in a horizontal line,

CLYDE E. "W. GARDNER.

W'itnesses JOHN T. LANGHORNE, EDMUND G. LANGHORNE. 

